Pax Romana: Struggle, Peace and Conquest within the Roman World

Greatest-selling writer Adrian Goldsworthy turns his consideration to the Pax Romana, the well-known peace and prosperity introduced by the Roman Empire at its top within the first and second centuries AD. But the Romans have been conquerors, imperialists who took by power an enormous empire stretching from the Euphrates to the Atlantic coast. Ruthless, Romans received peace not via coexistence however via dominance; tens of millions died and have been enslaved through the creation of their empire.

 

Pax Romana examines how the Romans got here to regulate a lot of the world and asks whether or not historically favorable photos of the Roman peace are true. Goldsworthy vividly recounts the rebellions of the conquered, analyzing why they broke out, why most failed, and the way they turned exceedingly uncommon. He reveals that hostility was only one response to the arrival of Rome and that from the outset, conquered peoples collaborated, fashioned alliances, and joined invaders, inflicting resistance actions to fade away.